Hope Estheim by abucket81

Format: Commander

Commander: Hope Estheim

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Hope Estheim turns incidental life gain into a mill kill. The deck is a U/W control-combo shell: it stalls combat with Ghostly Prison/Propaganda, counters the important spells, gains life from Soul Warden-style creatures and instants, then converts that life into massive end-step mills. Secondary paths are a Heliod + Walking Ballista infinite ping, Bruvac plus kicked Maddening Cacophony, and Test of Endurance or Aetherflux Reservoir. No double-faced commander is present; Bruvac and Heliod are support legends rather than hidden commanders. The primary plan is to assemble a doubler or two, keep Hope alive, and mill opponents out over two or three big end steps.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absorb
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Aettir and Priwen
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Auriok Champion
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Beacon of Immortality
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Bruvac the Grandiloquent
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Court of Cunning
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Excalibur II
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Fraying Sanity
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gold-Forged Thopteryx
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Guide of Souls
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hedron Crab
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Hope Estheim
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Ivory Tower
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
  • 1 Maddening Cacophony
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Profane Memento
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychic Corrosion
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reparations
  • 1 Rest in Peace
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Riot Control
  • 1 Riverchurn Monument
  • 1 Ruin Crab
  • 1 Sanguine Sacrament
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Sphinx of the Revelation
  • 1 Sphinx's Revelation
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tasha's Hideous Laughter
  • 1 Teferi's Tutelage
  • 1 Test of Endurance
  • 1 The Gaffer
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 War Report
  • 1 Will, Scion of Peace
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow